Glazier Trade Regulations
made under subsection 17A(1) of the
Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act
S.N.S. 2003, c. 1
N.S. Reg. 243/2022 (effective October 25, 2022)
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Citation
Definitions
Term of apprenticeship for glazier trade
Wage schedule for apprentices in glazier trade
Glazier certificate through trade qualification
Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations
Transition
Citation
1 These regulations may be cited as the Glazier Trade Regulations.
Definitions
2 (1) In these regulations,
“Act” means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act;
“General Regulations” means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act
General Regulations made under the Act;
“glazier trade” means the occupation of a glazier, consisting of measuring,
handling, cutting, preparing, fitting, installing, replacing and repairing all types of
glass and glass substitutes, typically in commercial, residential and transportation
applications.
(2) A term defined in the General Regulations has the same meaning when used in
these regulations.
Term of apprenticeship for glazier trade
3 (1) The term of apprenticeship for the glazier trade consists of all of the following:
(a) 7200 documented hours of the combination of practical experience and the
portion of technical training spent learning the skills of the designated trade
as described in clause 26(1A)(a) of the General Regulations and as
approved by the Director;
(b) related technical training as described in clause 26(1A)(b) of the General
Regulations and as approved by the Director;
(c) a certification examination.
(2) Any probationary period included in a term of apprenticeship for the glazier trade
as permitted by subsection 12(2) of the General Regulations must be no longer
than 3 months.
Wage schedule for apprentices in glazier trade
4 (1) Subject to subsection (2) and to subsection 25(3) of the General Regulations, the
minimum wage for each hour worked by a glazier apprentice in each portion of a
level of their term of apprenticeship is a percentage of the wage for a glazier
journeyperson in the same place of employment, as set out in the following table:
Wages for Glazier Apprentice
|
Level of
Apprenticeship
|
Hours in Level of
Apprenticeship
|
Minimum Wage
(% of journeyperson’s
wage)
|
1
|
0–1800
|
50%
|
2
|
1801–3600
|
60%
|
3
|
3601–5400
|
70%
|
4
|
5401–7200
|
80%
|
(2) An employer must not employ a glazier apprentice at a wage for actual hours
worked that is lower than the wage that would be paid at the minimum wage rate
prescribed in the Minimum Wage Order (General) made under the Labour
Standards Code.
Glazier certificate through trade qualification
5 The period of employment in the designated trade that is required by paragraph
30(1)(a)(ii)(B) of the General Regulations for a person who does not hold a certificate of
apprenticeship and is applying for a certificate of qualification in the glazier trade is
10 800 hours.
Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations
6 For the purposes of subsections 34(2) and (3) of the General Regulations, which require
an apprentice or journeyperson to keep their identity card in their possession when
practising the designated trade and produce it on request, a person is practising the
glazier trade while the person is doing any of the following:
(a) for an apprentice,
(i) acquiring practical experience in the trade, or
(ii) learning the skills of the trade during the technical training portion of
apprenticeship training;
(b) for a journeyperson, performing the duties of the trade as defined in these
regulations or their duties as set out in the General Regulations.
Transition
7 A person who, immediately before the coming into force of these regulations, was an
apprentice in an apprenticeship program under the Apprenticeship and Trades
Qualifications Act General Regulations, N.S. Reg. 129/2003, continues as an apprentice
in that apprenticeship program under these regulations.
The following regulations are not
yet in force and are not included in the current consolidation: